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Thanks to everyone who came to the Artist Residency celebration last night at Kensington! It was such a lovely evening and great to see so many people there. It was the perfect way to end a fantastic residency and also to thank Natalie Ryde for all her hard work over the last year. For more [...]
Sorry about the pun but wanted to share some of the outcomes of the cake decoration course on Saturday! Here’s one cake that a particpant iced and decorated. Everyone came up with some amazing designs. See some more here! For more information about Queen Victoria’s wedding cake of 1840 go to the Royal Collection wesbite [...]
Did you know that Queen Victoria’s wedding cake was 3 metres in circumference and weighed more than 140 kg! Taking this as inspiration, we ran our first creative workshop today as part of our spring adult learning programme at Kensington Palace. Cake artist, Rachel Mount, led participants through the skills and techniques required for master cake decorating. Each person [...]
From wild and wonderful wallpaper, cabinets of curiosities and beautiful wood carvings, Kensington has everything to peak your curiosity and ignite your imagination. We’re looking for artists to create some craft/ making activities for our visitors at Kensington Palace to support our public programme of events. Kensington Palace has recently re-launched after a £12m transformation [...]
We’ve just finished a really lovely 10 days of family learning activities at Kensington Palace as part of our easter holidays offer. We made Victoria and Albert puppets, drew portraits of Victoria and Albert at different stages of their lives, made crowns and took part in storytelling in Victoria’s bedroom. All these took place in our [...]
Kensington Palace re-opened this week after a £12m development project. We have an exciting new schools programme, including new sessions for KS1-2 students. Bring your class to explore all the curious tales of this really royal palace. We’re delighted to announce that admission is FREE for under 16s! Victorian history sessions Queen Victoria was born [...]
Thanks to a generous donation by the Clore Duffield Foundation, Kensington Palace has a beautiful new learning centre in what was once an old apartment at the front of the palace. With views of the gardens, looking out on to the famous Golden Gates and the statue of the King who built the Palace, William [...]
Victoria puppets by Alexandra and Evelyn Dash the dog, Victoria and Albert puppet making, newly crowned kings and queens and a quiz about Queen Victoria…the perfect Saturday! It was the first day of our Victoriana family learning activities this easter at Kensington Palace. We were very excited to be able to offer activities in our new [...]
What was it really like to be a queen? What was the reaction to a female monarch? How has monarchy changed? What private events shaped the lives of these women? The Historical Association and Historic Royal Palaces have joined forces to offer a fantastic CPD opportunity in line with the Queen’s diamond jubilee. Two CPD [...]
Come and help us encourage learners of all ages to be curious at Kensington! We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly people to join our education volunteers’ community at Kensington Palace. Kensington Palace has undergone an exciting and innovative £12 million transformation project and will re-open on the 26th March 2012. We now have a [...]